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Background: Proinflammatory diet contributes to greater symptomatology in patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA); however, in Mexico there seems to be no evidence of the dietary inflammatory role, being a country with high prevalence of overweight and obesity with an inclination towards a Western diet., Objective: To analyze the relationship between dietary inflammatory index (DII) and KOA symptomatology in Mexican patients., Material and Methods: Analytical cross-sectional study in 100 patients aged 40 to 70 years. Pain, stiffness, and functionality were evaluated with the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC) and the DII was calculated from the semi-quantitative food consumption frequency questionnaire (QFCFQ). For its analysis, linear regression was calculated., Results: DII was significantly associated with pain (p = 0.001, R² = 0.118), functionality (p = 0.003, R² = 0.087) and WOMAC score (p = 0.001, R² = 0.099). In the second linear regression model with the dependent variable functionality, waist circumference (WC) was adjusted obtaining an R² = 0.144 and higher significance p = 0.001., Conclusions: Proinflammatory DII was related to greater pain, lower functionality and a high WOMAC score, which is why the anti-inflammatory diet could be considered as a support for the treatment of the patient with KOA., (Licencia CC 4.0 (BY-NC-ND) © 2024 Revista Médica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social.)

Objective: The aim of this work was to assess the associations between the dietary inflammatory index (DII) and male reproductive parameters., Material and Method: Cross-sectional study of 209 healthy male university students (18-23 years old) recruited from October 2010 to November 2011 in Murcia Region (Southern Spain). Semen analyses (sperm concentration, motility and morphology) were carried out according to World Health Organization guidelines. Serum concentrations of follicle-stimulating and luteinizing hormones, estradiol, inhibin b and testosterone were also determined. Diet intake was assessed using a validated food frequency questionnaire. The DII assessed the inflammatory potential of one's diet. Negative or positive values of DII reflected anti-inflammatory or pro-inflammatory dietary status, respectively. Linear regression was used to analyze the relation between the DII score and semen quality parameters and reproductive hormone levels adjusting for potential important covariates., Results: We found statistically significant positive associations between the DII and progressive sperm motility (PR) (P, trend=0.03] and total sperm motility (PR+NP) (P, trend=0.04]. No significant associations were observed for other semen parameters or male reproductive hormones., Conclusions: Our results suggest that a pro-inflammatory dietary status may be associated with increased sperm motility in young men, but will not impact sperm count, morphology or reproductive hormones. However, further research is needed to confirm these findings and extend these results to other male populations., (Copyright © 2018 Asociación Española de Andrología, Medicina Sexual y Reproductiva. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)